FNUS75 KGJT 291651
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND MTN --HAHNS PK LAKE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
951 AM MST THU NOV 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MST ON NOVEMBER 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ON PASSING WAVE MOVED OVER NORTHERN COLORADO WITH JUST SOME HIGH
CLOUDINESS IN IT/S WAKE. ANOTHER WEAK WAVE WILL APPROACH THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND HELP TO THICKEN THE HIGH CLOUDINESS. THIS WAVE
SHOULD HELP INSTABILITY ENOUGH TO BRING VERY GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL
CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING NEAR THOSE FOUND
YESTERDAY. A BIT MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS WORKED INTO THE AREA
AND AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 35 PERCENT.
RIDGETOP WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 25 MPH WITH
LOWER WINDS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY AT AROUND 7 TO 12 MPH WITH A
FEW HIGH GUST POSSIBLY LATE IN THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 45 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT DOWNVALLEY WINDS THROUGH 1100 THEN BECOMING
                    WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 7 TO 12 MPH FOR THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH 1100 THEN INCREASING TO VERY
                    GOOD BY 1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL OR LESS THROUGH 1100 THEN INCREASING TO
                    NEAR 5200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....TERRAIN DRIVEN THROUGH LATE MORNING THEN INCREASING
                    TO AROUND 25 MPH FROM THE WEST BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...LANCE BROYLES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121129.SANDM.01/GJT